Exhibits
CAA Spring 2009 Exhibition
May 20 – June 6, 2009 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA.
In keeping with the spirit of our changing world, the Collage Artists of America Spring Exhibition was titled E-COLLAGE-ICAL.
1st Place: John Selleck – “Man on Vacation”
Images of the winning entries are posted on VIVA’s website at CAA/Spring 2009.
Award Winners
CAA AWARDS:
1ST PLACE AWARD - $500
John Selleck, Man on Vacation
2ND PLACE AWARD - $300
Darlene Mellein, Iris Thinks Her Color’s Red
3RD PLACE AWARD - $200
Mathilde Lombard, Encroaching Darkness – Emerging Light
4TH PLACE AWARD - CERTIFICATE
Marjorie Sarnat, Ancient Secrets
5TH PLACE AWARD - CERTIFICATE
Rachelle Mark, Network
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Susanne Belcher, A Distant View
Sophia Tise, The Grey Sea and the Long Black Land
Crystal Michaelson, What Would Al Gore Do?
About the Juror
The esteemed juror of selection and awards for this show is Katherine Chang Liu, NWS, renowned painter, teacher and curator. She is a full-time exhibiting artist who shows internationally and has juried and demonstrated for CAA in the past. Her work has been featured in 21 books and over 45 articles. A recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Katherine has served as juror for over 80 national, regional, and statewide competitions and has taught for museums and various art groups since 1978. Since 2000, Katherine has reduced her teaching activities to three or four workshops a year. Educated at UC Berkeley, she is a prestigious working studio artist as well as a frequent museum educator and lecturer.
CAA Winter 2008 Exhibition
November 19 – December 6, 2008 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Congratulations to the following award winners:
- 1st Place: Mary Guzman – "Among Good Company" (right)
- 2nd Place: Sandy Rooney – "Artful Woman"
- 3rd Place: Sandra Klein – "Her Own Worst Enemy"
- Cheap Joes Merchandise Award:
Lorraine Strieby – "Angel Walking" - Carter Sexton Merchandise Award:
Sharon Brooks – “Marley's Nirvana"
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
The juror, Rosamond Felson grew up in Pasadena. With Sid Felson, she began the Gemini G.E.L. in West Hollywood, which is now one of the foremost printmaking studios in the world. Rosamond grew up surrounded by and sharing family with the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, and Roy Lichtenstein. She now owns and has directed the Rosamond Felson Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica since 1967. – Rachelle Mark, Exhibit Chairperson
Summer 2008 Exhibition
June 4–21, 2008 – VIVA Gallery
1st Place: Dallas Chase – “Surfer's Paradise”
Images of the winning entries are posted on VIVA’s website at CAA/Summer 2008.
Award Winners
1st Place: Dallas Chase
2nd Place: Marilyn Landau
3rd Place: Phyllis Doyon
Merchandise Award: Lois Ramirez
Continental Art Supplies Merchandise Award: Linda Carlson
Continental Art Supplies Merchandise Award: Launa Romoff
The Juror of Selection and Awards was Anthony Askew, Professor of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
New Year Show 2008
January 2 – 24, 2008 – Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank, CA 91506
1st Place: Shari Beaubien – “A Place Called Home”
Click here for images of all the winning entries
Fall 2007 Exhibition
October 10 – 27, 2007 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Images of the winning entries, along with many other selected entries, are posted on VIVA’s website, at CAA/Fall 2007 Exhibition.
Award Winners
1st Place: Nancy Goodman Lawrence (pictured)
2nd Place: Jaami A-K Abdul-Samad
3rd Place: Dallas Chase
Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award:
Beverly Grossman
Continental Art Supplies Award: Joan Foster
Continental Art Supplies Award: J. Natasha Kostan
Image-Ination Award: Lois Ramirez
Juror (for both selection and awards) was Michael Zakian, Ph.D., Director of the Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.
“Mixing Materials and Personalities”
March 7 – 24, 2007 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Images of the winning entries, along with many other selected entries, are posted on VIVA’s website, at CAA/Mixing Materials and Personalities.
The Spring 2007 Exhibit (Member Show) presented 83 collages and assemblages at VIVA Gallery selected by Juror Franklyn Liegel, artist/educator at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA and Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
The works of 55 artists were represented, providing an array of colors, texture and materials. Liegel states: “The entries chosen represent a broad spectrum of collage with a curious ‘pull’ towards combined media and assemblage. The spirit of creativity within this organization never ceases to amaze me! Congratulations! The selection process honors your creativity!”
Award Winners
Congratulations to the following award winners:
1st Place: Baby Smith (pictured)
2nd Place: Terri Balady
3rd Place: Norma Klein
Ruth Sklar Continuing Award:
Nancy Goodman Lawrence
Merchandise Award: Nancy Roberts
“Ripped & Torn”
November 15 – December 2, 2006 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Images of the winning entries, along with many other selected entries, are posted on VIVA’s website, at CAA/Ripped & Torn.
At the reception we held a raffle for artwork donated by our 2005 scholarship recipient, Hirofumi Inaba. We thank him for his donation of this wonderful piece.
The juror of selection and awards was Kent Twitchell. Kent Twitchell is one of America's foremost muralists and a Los Angeles artistic treasure. His work graces the walls and freeways of our city as well as other locations around the country.
“It was a joy to be in the midst of such inspirational work. I could easily have used every piece had I gone in other directions. As it was, I selected about a dozen works and built the rest of the exhibition from there. Every work of art I saw deserved to be hung.” – Kent Twitchell
Award Winners
Congratulations to the following award winners:
1st Place ($500): Mathilde Lombard (pictured)
2nd Place ($300): Lorraine Strieby
3rd Place ($200): Darlene Mellein
Ruth Sklar Continuing Award ($150): Susie Brown
Merchandise Award: Ellen Grim
Juried Open 2006 Exhibition
March 1–25, 2006 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Images of the winning entries, along with many other selected entries, are posted on VIVA’s website, at CAA/2006 Juried Open.
Congratulations to our award winners:
1st Place ($1000): Barbara Baker McIntyre (pictured)
2nd Place ($750): Diane Stovall
3rd Place ($500): Cynthia Paige Aaron
4th Place ($400): Eva Kolosvary Stupler
5th Place ($200): Carolann Waterson
6th Place ($150): Tom Kurthy
Honorary mentions:
Rebecca Andrews
Susan Gesundheit
Katie Mason
Keith Ullrich
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was George Herms, whose work was exhibited in the group show The Art of Assemblage at MOMA and in Fifty California Artists at the Whitney, in New York. His assemblages are in major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement. See our December 2005 Meetings page for his full biography.
Fall 2005 Exhibit
September 2005 – VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Congratulations to all the award winners in our Fall 2005 Exhibition:
1st place: Martha Blanchard
2nd place: Chris Meyer
3rd place: Nancy Roberts
Ruth Sklar Memorial Award: Carolann Watterson
Merchandise award winners: Avinger Nelson, Delores Berg, John Selleck and Carole Gillan